National Intelligence Director James Clapper testified on global threats facing the U.S. The term “Internet of Things” has been around for a half decade or so, although “things” connected to the Internet are as old as the network of networks. Clapper: “These’smart objects’ will share information directly with Internet-enabled services” The risks posed by these consumer-oriented “things,” for now, are low because the value gained by manipulating them is low, but when the value of a hack increases to the attacker, so will the threat.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/gauging-internet-things-risk-p-1617